forbiddance
for·bid·dance
noun
1.
an official prohibition or edict against something
2.
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
- “they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter”
- “a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages”
- “he ignored his parents”
Origin
From forbid + -ance.
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